Robinhood is filing confidentially to launch RVII, its second retail-focused venture fund, while peers in robotics and space-AI infrastructure raise large rounds, signaling a potential shift in private-market access and capital formation.
Cowboy Space raised $275M in a Series B at a ~$2B post-money to build its own orbital data-center rockets, with first launch expected by end-2028 and satellites weighing ~20–25 metric tons delivering ~1 MW of power.
DeepL plans to lay off 250 employees (about 25% of its staff) to accelerate an AI-first turnaround, backed by a $300m fundraising in 2024 at a $2bn valuation, with over 1,000 employees and an ongoing push into real-time voice translation via Mixalo and an internally developed DeepL agent.
Harness raises $240M at a $5.5B valuation in a Series E led by Goldman Sachs to automate AI’s after-code gap.
Subscribe for real-time ticker updates and unlimited access to our intelligence platform.